Documentary Films .. In The News

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on December 31, 2008 under Documentary | Comments are off for this article

Somebody Told Me About… Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni has allowed a British film-maker’s cameras into her home, to give a revealing insight into her private life with French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. The documentary, which was made by Scottish movie-maker George Scott and is entitled Somebody Told Me About… Carla Bruni, will be aired in France on New Year’s Day and broadcast in the UK next month. Read more …

Filmmaker plans to use prosthetic eye camera for documentary

Toronto filmmaker Rob Spence says he is getting a tiny video camera put inside a prosthetic eye to allow him to secretly film his subjects.  He’s not alone in his quest for an eye camera. San Francisco artist Tanya Vlach wants a camera implant in her prosthetic eye and has put out a call on her blog for engineers to build her an eye cam, which could let her shoot video from her perspective or “lifecast” events.  Read more …

Documentary filmmaker Quentin Aanenson dies

Quentin C. Aanenson, a fighter pilot and a subject of Ken Burns’ documentary “The War” and the producer of his own film a decade earlier, Aanenson died Sunday of cancer at his home in Bethesda, his son, Jerry said. He was 87.  He wrote, filmed and narrated the documentary, “A Fighter Pilot’s Story,” which related his wartime experiences and was shown on public television around the country starting in 1994.  Read more …

The Rescuers, Heroes of the Holocaust

Filmmaker Michael King is producing and directing the feature-length documentary “The Rescuers, Heroes of the Holocaust,” which focuses on the efforts of non-Jewish diplomats.  Read more …

‘Liquid Assets’ Documentary to Air on PBS in Phoenix

“Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure” tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: drinking water, wastewater, and storm water. These complex and aging systems — some in the ground for more than 100 years — are critical for public health, public safety and economic prosperity. The documentary highlights communities from across the United States, providing an understanding of hidden water infrastructure assets, demonstrating watershed protection approaches, and illustrating twenty-first century solutions.

The documentary is scheduled to air locally January 4th, on KAET, Channel 8, from 2-3:30p.m.